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- projectstartrek, on 07/06/2008, -1/+254If you zoom in you can get individual gas station prices...neat!
- brainnovate, on 07/25/2008, -15/+173This makes me happy I don't live in CA
- Synova, on 07/07/2008, -0/+146Missouri and South Carolina are hiding something. -.-
- blackhappy, on 07/07/2008, -10/+122The only downside. Wildfires, house prices, water rationing and rolling blackouts are a few more I can think off.
- Shaman760, on 07/07/2008, -3/+93This is as close to a "red state" as we will become. (CA)
- zenerdiode, on 07/07/2008, -2/+87Actually, it's better to live in CA. Gas is a much smaller percentage of our income
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/09/busi ...
Now if you were talking about real estate...yeah...CA sucks. - ArchivalQuality, on 07/07/2008, -0/+84Alaska and Hawaii don't exist.
- WhoDoneIt, on 07/07/2008, -5/+73Wahhh... I pay nearly $6 a gallon here in Canada and you STILL pay less than I do, even though the gas you are using is most likely from my country and yet closer to me.
I don't blame you at all. I blame my government 110%. I'm just saying. You think you are *****!! - Pinkshisno, on 07/07/2008, -1/+54The one time California is a red state.
- Perk, on 07/07/2008, -0/+43In Missouri it's a combination of low state excise tax (17 cents a gallon compared to 26 cents / gal across the river in Illinois) and the 10% ethanol mandate they passed a couple of years back. The cost of ethanol hasn't risen anywhere near as sharply as has gasoline, so that 10% formulation is saving somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-15 cents a gallon.
I live in Illinois, but work in Missouri. Gas is immediately 25 to 30 cents cheaper just for crossing the river. Needless to say, I fill up in Missouri. - mindsnare1, on 07/07/2008, -0/+42Gas in Hawaii ranges from 4.55 to 4.70 per gallon here on Maui. Prices are higher on the big island from what I heard. Paradise has its price. Cereal is about $5.00 per box. Smokes - $5.79 per pack/ Milk $4.00 per gallon. Prices are bound to rise since everything here in Hawaii is boated or flown in. :(
- ScottoGato, on 07/07/2008, -1/+402 baby seals per gallon.
- lizajane999, on 07/07/2008, -0/+37What? No Hawaii?? Maybe their little graph thingy won't make purple.
- SteelChicken, on 07/07/2008, -7/+43only europe and japan pays more, but they have better mass transit and are far more urban than the US is. But hey, dont let facts cloud your mind.
- dougvfr750, on 07/06/2008, -6/+38Supposedly the higher prices are taxes to pay for roads.... yeah supposedly
- Sapulator, on 07/07/2008, -5/+36A few more downsides to california: its ridiculous gun control laws, its emissions regulations, and the fact that LA has some horrible pockets of poverty that just dont seem right for a first world country.
- BebopBlues, on 07/07/2008, -0/+31The finny thing is 5 years ago, you wouldn't believe that 5 years later you would be saying, "Wow, $3.74 per gallon, that is SO CHEAP!"
Can you imagine if 5 years later, we'll be saying, "Wow, $9.74 per gallon, that is SO CHEAP!" - joshreed104, on 07/06/2008, -44/+74Aw, the only downside to California.
- bevel, on 07/07/2008, -8/+37£1.19 per litre here in UK; that's $8.89 per US gallon! Am I winning? Am I winning?!?!
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -4/+33In Montreal gas prices are about $1.45 a litre (~$5.80 a gallon)
- Braxo, on 07/07/2008, -0/+28Maybe you all should learn to invade oil rich countries to ease the pump shock.
- Kyan, on 07/07/2008, -0/+27Why don't you just get it on its way from China?
- Kyan, on 07/07/2008, -6/+30Cool, I am now officially a member of the but-I-submitted-this-article-11-days-ago-how-come-no-one-dugg-it club.
http://digg.com/world_news/California_burning_on_g ... - shondell, on 07/07/2008, -1/+24Looks like us people living on the West Coast are getting ***** by the prices more than the rest of you guys.
- kelmaster1, on 07/07/2008, -8/+30the only downside to CA? What about assloads of *****?
- zenerdiode, on 07/07/2008, -4/+26Actually, the people getting screwed the most are in the red states. More of their income goes to gas.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/09/busi ... - topgigmedia, on 07/07/2008, -4/+25Nothing better than a Rick-rolling blackout.
- Yez70, on 07/07/2008, -0/+21It's also illegal to raise taxes in Missouri without voter approval. A few briliant politicians actually came up with the idea back in the early 90s.
They haven't been able to raise cigarette or gas taxes for 15 years now. Nobody votes for tax increases, given a choice.
You can still buy generic cigarettes for $15/carton in Missouri. I live in Michigan where they are about $48/carton for generics. Gas is running around $4.16/gal lately. - Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -2/+22Those aren't limited to just California
- BaronSamedi242, on 07/07/2008, -1/+20What do you mean, "if"? The prices now are for gasoline that's been refined when it was $85 or so a barrel... now it's $146 and climbing.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - HigherLogic, on 07/07/2008, -1/+19He lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I'd rather live in California.
- Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+17The gas prices in the UK go up the more I read down these comments.
- billbugger, on 07/07/2008, -2/+19Taxes bro. something has to pay for your health care.
- thatsmyaibo, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16I say the cost of living and crime (here in L.A.) are pretty bad too. I just paid $4.67/gal for gas in my area.
- liljerk, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16maybe that's why our gas in Oklahoma is relatively cheaper and our roads completely suck ass
- NaziHatinChimp, on 07/07/2008, -4/+20Glad I live in SC. At least in this instance.
- REsplin, on 07/07/2008, -15/+31Rolling blackouts? what is this, 2005?
- ttfnRob, on 07/07/2008, -9/+25Anyone seen a global version of this? That'd show you guys in the US how good you've got it...
- IgWannA, on 07/07/2008, -3/+18So if Britain was on that it would be white hot.
- voleur, on 07/07/2008, -5/+20They can charge you more because you don't use it as much. You can take trains/subways instead of driving 45 mins to and from downtown every day like many of us do. Not to mention city to city trips... I have to drive 800 miles round trip several times a year and it hurts! You Brits are lucky you're so small and have public transport!
- Ricky81682, on 07/07/2008, -2/+16That's taxes for you folks. We just have a worthless dollar.
- Spudster, on 07/07/2008, -0/+14They're too progressive and open minded for his liking.
- skyrien, on 07/07/2008, -1/+15its all in the title... "California burning..."
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"Heat map of US Gas Prices" - Kanten, on 07/07/2008, -3/+16England is a FRACTION of a faction of the size of the US, the culture and transportation system works entirely different from the US. Leave your comparisons elsewhere.
- zzz@tkz, on 07/07/2008, -3/+16Glad to be living in Missouri...for once :).
- lysdexia, on 07/07/2008, -2/+15UK = the equivalent of $10/gallon.
- filemeaway, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12It's all user-submitted data.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -4/+16Then move. There are plenty of people waiting to take your place.
- kingp, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13South Carolina has no gasoline tax (look at our road conditions for proof), plus most gas is mixed with Ethanol. The roads may suck, but it sure is nice having low gas prices.
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